Fishing-rod support



A. J. SCHUMACHER.

FISHING ROD SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17 1922.

1,435,085, Patented Nov. 7, 1922 I intents 'AHANDA J. SCHUMACHER, FCOLUMBUS, OHIO.

rIsmNe-aon surroa'r.

Application filed march 17, 1922. Serial No. 544,529.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMANDA J. ScHU- MACHER, a citizen of the UnitedStates residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful lm rovements 1n Fishing-RodSupports, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention is directed to 1mprovements in fishing rodsupports, and has for its primary object to provide a device of thischaracter so constructed that the fishing rod can be held in the desiredposition while in use.

. A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter so constructed that it can be firmly secured on the bank forsupporting a fishing pole in its proper position.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a support of thisnature so formed that the rod cannot he accidentally displaced from thesupport when the line and rod are left unattended.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a support forfishing rods which is extremely simple in construction, and one in whichthe rod can be readily removed or replaced, and when in place the linewill aid in holdin the rod against accidental removal.

With these and other objects in View, as

will a pear as thedescription proceeds, the

inventlon consists in the novel features of construction, combinationsof elements and arrangements of parts, and hereinafter tobe fulldescribed and pointed out in the appen ed claim. 7

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the support showing the rod engagedtherewith.

Figure 2 1s a top plan view thereof.

Fi ure 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a detail fragmentary perspec tive-view showing a common formof pole engaged in the support.

Referring to the drawing 1 designates the rod, which is formed ofsuitable metal, and has its lower end provided with a point 2, saidpoint serving to more readily permit the rod to be placed in the ground.

The upper end of the rod 1 is flattened, as at 3 so as to provide ashoulder 4. The upper end of the flattened portion 3 terminates in aring 5, the ring being of. such said. portions formin width as to extendbeyond or face of the flattened portion'3 toprovide an abutment 6, thepurpose of which will appear later.

A horizontal arm 7 is employed and has its inner end terminating in avertical plate 8, the plate being adapted to lie flush against theadjacent face of the flattened portion 3, and at which time the lowerend of said plate rests upon the shoulder 4:, while the upper endthereof en ages the abutment 6. Thus it will be seen t at the plate 8can be readily attached to the rod 1, and to hold the plate 8 in placeclamping bolts 9 are passed through the perforations 1011 formed, re-

spectively, in the flattened portion 3 and plate 8.

The outer end of the arm 7 is provided with a fork 12, whichhas its finers 13 for a portion of their len 'th arrange to provide parallel ears14, w ich termlnate at their upper ends in outwardly bowed portions 15,a seat for receiving the fishin rod 16,-as 0 early shown in Figure 1 ofthe rawing.

One of the fin ers 13 terminates in an integral downward y extendingstrip 17 which forms in conjunction with the adjacent portion 15 a slot18, which opens downwardly.

The rod 16 is provided with a conventional handle 19 and reel 20 and itwill be noted that the line 21 engages the slot 18 so that should therod be left. unattended and a fish takes the baitat the end of the line,the

line will be drawn taut and the rod-naturally subjected to unduevibration, which would tend to displace the same. Since the line isengaged in said slot it will in an 0bvious manner prevent thisaccidental displacement of the rod. It will be of course understood thatthe reel will be locked against unwinding so that the line 21 willimmediately become taut when stress. is imparted thereto when a fishtakes the bait. In Figure 1 there is shown the ordinary fishing pole 22,and in order to secure this type of pole against accidental.displacement a cord 23 is'tied thereto and a loop 24 provided which canbe conveniently passed over the strip 17 for engagement in the slot 18should strain be applied to the pole 22 From the foregoing descriptionit will be seen that a support for fishing rods has been provided whichis formed from two ieces of suitable metal, and that rods of di erentdiameter maybe supported. Some rods are extremely smaller. in diameterand in such cases the rod will lie in the space between ing a rod, 2.ring carried by the upper end 10 the ears 14. of the rod, an armsupported by the rod, a Since the line 21 is engaged in the uide forkcarried by the outer end of the arm,' one eyes 25, it is obvious thatthis will aid in portion of the fork terminatin in a down- 5 holding theline in such position as'to more 'Wardly directed strip to provi e aslot, said efiectively hold the rod against accidental slot serving toreceive a fish line when a fish- 1| dis lacement. in rod is engaged inthe ring and fork.

hat I claim is: n testimony whereof I aflix m si ature. A device of theclass described compris- AMANDA J. SCHUMZXC ER.

